1983–84 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season
The 1983–84 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began in November 1983 and concluded on March 23 of the following year. This was the 11th season of Division III college ice hockey.
| 1983–84 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season | |||||
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 Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena was the host of the 1984 Frozen Four | |||||
| Duration | November 1983– March 18, 1984 | ||||
| NCAA tournament | 1984 | ||||
| National championship | Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena Rochester, New York | ||||
| NCAA champion | Babson | ||||
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This was the first season in which the NCAA held a national tournament for the Division III level.
The majority of programs that had been playing at the Division II level came from Division III schools but with the institution of the new championship all of the Division III schools were able to drop down to their normal level. Additionally, with an NCAA-sponsored tournament for Division III schools, most NAIA teams switched to NCAA classification and, with the NAIA Ice Hockey Championship becoming a superfluous tournament, the NAIA ended its sponsorship of ice hockey in 1984.[1]
Because only one Division III tournament existed at the time and it permitted its Division II members to participate in the conference tournament no automatic bids could be offered to conference tournament champions. The NCAA continued to refrain from offering automatic bids until 2000.
Regular season
Standings
1983–84 ECAC 3 standings | ||||||||||||||
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| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Amherst | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| Iona | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .842 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| New Hampshire College | 23 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .804 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 1 | |||||
| Southeastern Massachusetts * | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .794 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| Assumption | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Saint Michael's | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .692 | 74 | 52 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 103 | 103 | |
| Bentley | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 92 | 60 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 122 | 109 | |
| Fitchburg State | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .667 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| Roger Williams | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Wesleyan | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | .632 | 98 | 79 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 114 | 110 | |
| Upsala | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .625 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| Trinity | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .559 | 71 | 48 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 93 | 88 | |
| Stonehill | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | .579 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Framingham State | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .500 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 1 | |||||
| Curry | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .462 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| St. John's | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .438 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | |||||
| Fairfield | 23 | 8 | 12 | 3 | .413 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 3 | |||||
| Quinnipiac | 21 | 8 | 12 | 1 | .405 | 96 | 111 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 110 | 124 | |
| Suffolk | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | .385 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Connecticut College | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | .313 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Plymouth State | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | .308 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Western New England | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Skidmore | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .188 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 2 | |||||
| Worcester State | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .154 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | |||||
| Villanova | 14 | 1 | 11 | 2 | .143 | 25 | 8 | 15 | 2 | |||||
| Lehigh | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Nichols | 21 | 2 | 19 | 0 | .095 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 78 | 176 | |||
| Keene State | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | .083 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Championship: March , 1984 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
| Overall record | ||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |
| St. Bonaventure | 27 | 18 | 9 | 0 | ||
1984 NCAA Tournament
Tournament Bracket
| Quarterfinals March 10–11 |
Semifinals March 17 |
National Championship March 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Augsburg | 8 | 5* | 13 | |||||||||||||
| St. Thomas | 7 | 5 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Augsburg | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Babson | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Babson | 4 | 2** | 6 | |||||||||||||
| New England College | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Babson | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Union | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| RIT | 13 | 10 | 23 | |||||||||||||
| Oswego State | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| RIT | 4 | Third Place Game | ||||||||||||||
| Union | 5**** | |||||||||||||||
| Union | 4 | 4 | 8 | Augsburg | 1 | |||||||||||
| Wisconsin-River Falls | 0 | 6 | 6 | RIT | 10 | |||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
See also
References
- "NAIA history and records". Retrieved 2017-07-07.
- "NCAA Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 2016-04-13.